Create professional looking Invoices with Linux ?

[Aaron Konstam]

On Wed, 2008-11-12 at 00:09 -0800, Richard England wrote:
> Aaron Konstam wrote:
> > On Mon, 2008-11-10 at 20:42 -0800, Richard England wrote:
> >   
> >> Kevin Kempter wrote:
> >>     
> >>> Hi All;
> >>>
> >>> anyone have suggestions per software or openoffice templates that will help me 
> >>> create professional looking invoices ?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Thanks in advance
> >>>
> >>>   
> >>>       
> >> OpenOffice 2.3 on my F8 system, and OpenOffice 2.4 on my F9 system both 
> >> an invoice form available.  I don't believe I've added anything of that 
> >> nature post install.
> >>
> >> Look in File>New>Templates and Documents  In OO2.3  At that level there 
> >> are two called Modern Invoice and Elegant Invoice.  In OO2.4 use the 
> >> same pull down but click on the "Templates" group and there is an 
> >> Invoice document there.
> >>
> >> HTH,
> >>
> >> ~~R
> >>
> >>     
> > When I do what you indicate on OO2.4 I see no Invoices in the Templates.
> > Why is your version different or have to added a OO help program that I
> > don't have?
> > Can you explain?
> >   
> Apparently not. 
> 
> In OO 2.4 I go to   File>New>Templates and Documents   and a pop-up appears.  The choices there are   New Documents, Templates, My Documents, and Samples.    If I click on Templates I see a  single Invoice selection available.
> 
On my  version of 2.4 you have left out a step. In Templates you need to
click on Business Correspondence before you get an invoice.
> I also do not see a  File>New>Documents  pull down, as someone else reported.  I see Text Document,  HTML Document, XML Document and Master Document under the New entry.  I also see no references to "Biz Documents"
> 
> This is the Fedora version of v2.4, I've not loaded the OO version.  Perhaps there is a difference there.  This is also a former F8 machine that was upgraded using preupgrade.  Maybe there is something from a previous version lingering.
> 
> 
> If any one can tell me how to determine if I have any other packages loaded for OO  I'll be glad to investigate but rpm did not show anything and I haven't found a place to identify plugins or add ons in any of the menus selections.
> 
> I think this thread is stepping past usefulness, at this point, but we can carry on if anyone _really_ needs to get to the bottom of this.
> 
> ~~R
> 
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